All participants agree to preserve the confidentiality of these electronic mail conversations. This agreement is based on the honor system, and those who agree to conform indicate so by opting in to any one forum, and those selecting non-compliance with the agreement shall not opt in to any forum.

The Advertise Forum is an avenue for vendors (suppliers) with relevant products and services targeting the V community. Your email address is concealed from fellow subscribers of this forum as long as you passively obersve activity within this forum (in other words, while subscribed you do not post a message). Content produced by suppliers and submitted to the Advertise Forum must pass examination for relevancy by the V Steering Committee.

The Announce Forum provides a platform for declaring upcoming events for the V community, On-line surveys, and improvements to the V.Users-Groups.com Internet Portal. This forum is not designed as a discusssion forum.

The Employment Forum opens the door to employment advertisements related to V facilities. This forum's configuration prohitits the exposure of email addreesses for those that are passive observers (those not posting a message). The advertisements may be for posting help wanted, employment advertisements, project postings, job wanted, and resumes. You should not reply to the forum unless you desire everyone in the forum to know what you write; moreover, directly responding to the original poster is the primary method to communicate with that person.

The Publications Forum supports posting an organization's White Paper(s), Newsletter(s), and other publications of interest to V participants. Content produced by users and vendors (suppliers) then submitted to the Publications Forum must pass examination for relevancy by the V Steering Committee.

The SteeringCommittee Forum is a private, restricted access exchange for V Steering Committee members. Steering Committee members utilize this forum to formulate strategy and actions of and for the V Users Group. This forum is open to V Steering Committee members, only.

The "V SupplierFeedback Forum" exists for technical discussion with a wide audience. This forum supplements the "V Discussion Forum"; in other words, Users may post on either one or both of the forums. Vendors may respond on this forum to Users inquiries and comments based on this forum's guidelines. This forum is fully moderated; in other words, every message on the forum must be manually approved.

The "Anonymize" Option is enabled by including "Anonymize my email address" as the entire first line of your "V SupplierFeedback Forum" submission (not the "Subject:" line - the "Subject:" line should be relevant to the email message's body content). During the process of approving your post, the "Anonymize my email address" line will be deleted, your name and email address in the "From:" header will be replaced with the email address of SupplierFeedback@V.Users-Groups.com. You are responsible for removing all personally identifiable information contained in the body/content of the message, including the removal of signature lines.

If a post mentions another party, then that post obtains a default condition of deny circulation; however, if the parties collaborate in a positive way, and the post is positive (read: not slanderous, etc), then the post gets considered for distribution; in addition, the second party's permission will be sought prior to the post being considered for a waiver of the deny condition. Even the most vague reference will be cause for denial of circulation for a post.

Vendors specific guidelines are to:

respond in areas of core competency; furthermore, responding to a User's inquiry despite the subject matter being outside the Vendor's direct scope of expertise thus displaying edge knowledge. For example, a water wash detergent Vendor's previous exposure to a vibration related incident and resolution, and the detergent Vendor can contribute to a solution for a User's inquiry about accoustics.

Include signature lines in your email, such as; name, organization, and phone - not a vcard.

avoid line cards because they are not permitted.

avoid presentations outlining products and services because they are not permitted.

avoid polling or surveying the Users because it is not permitted.

avoid repetitive posts because it is not permitted.

be timely when responding.

compose material directly relevant, such as processes, your service(s), or your product(s), that resolve or diminish the User's difficulty.

engage in polite dialog.

There are no guarantees as to traffic volume.

HTML is stripped out of postings, so please use plain text.

Violating any guidline or unpermitted condition may result in a denial for the entire email post. The most vague violation will be sufficient to deny circulation, so please be careful when composing postings. In the end, you are solely legally and morally responsible for all content you contribute to the "V SupplierFeedback Forum".

Repeated violations of any guideline or unpermitted condition may result in temporary or permanent expulsion from the forum. This is regardless of whether the emails in questions circulate. In the case of Vendors, no refund will be issued for temporary or permanent expulsion from the forum.

For a message to be posted to this forum, the submittor must be subscribed to the forum.

Forum's subscriber email address database is inaccessible.

Moderated forum (all postings are reviewed and evaluated by the moderator prior to appearance in this forum).

The V SurplusParts Forum exchange enables a member to dispose of asset(s) by notifying the entire membership of new or used parts. The equipment for sale must be directly applicable to the operation of a V plant. The organization submitting the post must not operate in a "distributor", "OEM", nor "dealer" capacity; in other words, the parts are a once-off sale for equipment owned by the submitter originally intended for use by the submitter for operating the plant, yet the plant no longer requires the asset(s). Members may also use this forum to solicit other members for needed parts. Messages posted to the SurplusParts Forum will be evaluated by the forum moderator prior to distribution to the membership.